Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Blogger Meet Up and 20 week ultrasound



While on vacation with my family in Fort Morgan, Alabama last week, I had the lovely pleasure of meeting up with Lauren and Abigail from Magnify the Lord!! We had planned to meet up for a day at the beach, but poor Abigail had a slight fever the night before so we decided to meet about halfway for breakfast the next day. They are both so cute and full of life - so fun to be around. Abigail let me hold her and her chunky legs are about the cutest I have seen :) It is always so much fun to meet other bloggers IRL especially when they are as enjoyable as Lauren and Abigail.

We had such an awesome time at the beach, as we always do. All but one of my brothers and sister came with their spouses and children. My parents and all of us stayed in one house across from the beach and DH and I laughed saying this will be the last relaxing beach vacation for a while, God willing, so we totally did nothing but relax 7 hours a day on the beach, in the water, or under the shade. I wish we lived closer to the ocean!



Our appointment yesterday went really well! I was a little nervous going in since we haven't had an ultrasound since the accident and the tech was the same on who scanned our baby at 14 weeks and found no heartbeat, but as soon as she put the wand on my belly I could see the beating heart and I breathed a heavy sigh of relief. She couldn't see a couple things very well and she said this is no big deal, it happens often it only means we get another ultrasound next month :) We saw two arms, two legs, 4 chambers of the heart, fingers, everything except his or her little sex organs. She told us to look away when she did the lower body scan, but DH tried to peek at one point and he said he saw some little boy parts. I told him if he saw that easily in those 2 seconds, he needs to go to sonagram school! He was DYING, LITERALLY DYING to see the sex, so I finally relented and we emailed the birthmom back and told her we changed our minds, we want to know the sex of the baby - compromise - we will know the sex of one! My ob brought in a circumsision form to fill out and I freaked out but she said everyone has to sign this form, whether they scanned a girl or a boy.
Is this true?? Did you girl mommies have to sign this form?
We are meeing with our lawyer, the birthmom's "lawyer ad litem", and the birthmom sometime within this month. I am a NERVOUS WRECK!! Emailing weekly is one thing, but meeting in person is another. I am calling this week to schedule the home study (we do have to have an active home study to adopt), and we are working on the nursery and going to paint this weekend. Mom and I cleaned out closets, changed out the office into the start of a nursery, and the spare bedroom into a bedroom/office. I still have much cleaning and re-organizing to do. Missionaries of Charity camp starts next week, but my ob suggested just helping with the Bible camp, not the indoor pool field trips due to the heavy chlorine in the air. I am busier during my vacation than I am when working!

18 comments:

  1. I'M SO SAD!!! I missed you!!! I swore I thought you were coming at the end of June!!! Dh and I were right in the Fort Morgan are fishing last week:(((( Danngggittt!!!

    Oh well. Again. Sometime. Soon hopefully!! I am so excited to hear about your babies:):) I mean wow woman! God has just moved your life in awesome ways! Praise Him!!

    So happy to hear your appt went well. This post makes me want to find out the sex of our baby but I'm not giving in!!!! haha

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  2. I love blogger meetups!! How cool! You look great!! I love the ultrasound. He/she was scratching his/her nose! I can not believe you will be having two babies soon! This is wonderful!! Thanks for your post!

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  3. Wow! So glad to hear the vacation went well and both of your children are growing in the womb well. I still can't believe you're going from a mom of 0 to 2 this year! So amazing!

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  4. I should clarify...a momma of 0-2 on this side of heaven. I know you are already a momma to several precious souls in heaven!

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  5. Ahhh hi baby!!! :) So cuuuute!!!
    I am so, so excited for you.

    And what a wonderful vacation - I want to go sit on the beach so badly! :) haha.

    I didn't know anything about the chlorine thing, I went to an indoor pool in china :-/ Hopefully that was ok!

    can't wait to see the pics from the next ultrasound :)

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  6. I will never get tired of looking at those ultrasound pics - so beautiful!!! I am glad you had a great time relaxing in AL and I think blogger meet-ups are so much fun!!! Good luck with the meeting with the birthmom, I will be praying extra hard for you!!! Love ya!

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  7. No-you do not have to sign a circumcision form! We're in MS and didn't know the gender and no such form was ever even discussed. Do research the heck out of circumcision before the birth. Make a completely informed decision-don't just let them do that to your baby because they say it's best. Cathy (Mary and Drew) has lots of good info.

    And hi baby! You are precious!!!

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  8. Such a beautiful ultrasound picture! I've never had to sign a circumcision form and I've had two boys. But we do circumcise. Anyway, congratulations on expecting TWO babies!!! How wonderful!

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  9. When I had Savannah Grace I didn't sign anything. I went today and I told them I don't know what it is and they didn't make me sign anything either. They could tell what it was but Morgan and the tech were the only ones that knew. I have to go back for another ultrasound because they couldn't get a good look at the babies heart. I was freaked out until the doctor reassured me that it was because they couldn't see not because there was something wrong.

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  10. Vacation is always busier for us teacher folk! We try to squeeze all the fun in the summer months to make it count!

    Great to read an update!

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  11. So great to see an update on the pregnancies! So excited for you! Great that you got to meet Lauren and Abigail!

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  12. I can hardly believe all that is happening in your life! And that photo is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

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  13. You look great Allie!

    Praying for you!

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  14. Like I said on FB:
    Yay, baby baskin! Yay, Allie & Blake! Yay, God!

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  15. We had SUCH fun meeting you in real life!!!! Abigail adored you. :) I'm so glad my prayer buddy vacationed so close to me!!

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  16. Yes, please don't sign the circumcision form! Leave your little boy intact. I'm a Catholic mother-to-be, struggled with infertility for several years and now expecting a boy. I was very pro-circ, but after doing the research I'm convinced there is no good reason to circumcise him at birth. Our religion does not demand it, and my husband and I have decided to leave him just the way God made him. It's his body, his choice - he can decide if he wants to do it later. Check out www.thewholenetwork.org.

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  17. Ultrasound examinations in pregnancy

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